PixlBit

I know that I've written 1up memories blogs before.  I think the 1up E3 meetings were around 2004-2006-ish.

I started an account at 1up back in 2004, just a few months after it originally opened.  I was there for a good eight years until it closed its doors.  That was a pretty sad day when that happened.  I have so many good memories of the 1up site, I could write a whole blog about it.  I think my favorite was when 1up had a little get-together party at their booth at E3 (when I could go to E3), and we all got free t-shirts (still have mine).  I even applied for a few jobs at 1up, but I was always rejected.  Oh well.

But I'm glad PixlBit was around when 1up went away so I could continue doing what I enjoy: writing about video games.  There are a few people from 1up who don't post here that I still keep up with on Facebook, but other than that, this is it.  There are a lot of people from 1up that I miss, too.

Well, then it looks like I won't be getting the game then.  I have the big hard drive on my Wii U, but it's getting pretty full already because I review so many games.  Any game over 4GB should be on disc anyway.  I know we'll eventually get to be just downloadable only, but I don't think we're quite there yet.  Very disappointing, Nintendo.  Oh well, thanks for the info anyway.

The 360 was released in 2005?  I thought it was 2006.  Oh well, I never had an original Xbox anyway, and I didn't get a 360 until summer of 2007.

Again, lots of good games came out in the 2004-2006 time.  I can't remember, but I think the Phoenix Wright games came out about this year.  I know my Game of the Year in 2005 was Psychonauts.  Have you ever played that one?

Well, more of a 'so bad it's good' kind of way.

I was always kind of curious about this game because I like ghosts, but I never got a chance to play it when it first came out.  Luckily, when Tecmo released it digitally on the PS3, they sent me a review code so I finally got to play it.  The only problem I had with the first game was your character moves too slow.  A ghost pops up and your girl character lumbers around like she just got out of bed!  She should've eaten a big bowl of Cheerios before going inside that haunted house!  Any time I died in the game was because Little Miss Girly Girl wouldn't move fast enough.

You may not know it, but there IS a Fatal Frame game on the 3DS that you can get in the US, but it goes under a different name: Spirit Camera.  But it's a Fatal Frame game all right.  It's only 20 bucks on Amazon, so you should check it out if you are a big fan of the series.  I have it and I enjoyed it a bit.

I heard about the Fatal Frame Wii U title, but I haven't seen it listed on any store sites.  Is it only going to be on the eShop?  I'd buy the game right away if I could get a physical copy of it, but if it's digital only I may wait a while, especially if it's expensive or takes up a ton of memory.

Good to know, thanks.

The Yo-Kai Watch cartoon started airing on Disney XD last week.  It's...not very good.  But it's funny in a MST3K kind of way.

I reviewed that game back in my Dallas Morning News newspaper days.

I haven't played Mario Maker lately because I've been reviewing other games, but I hope you get a chance to play my levels sometime.  There are codes on my blog page.  I'm sure you can find them.

Not a whole lot of people remembered my birthday that year.  Even close family members!  So it was nice that someone remembered, and got me something I wanted. :)  Even if that someone wasn't real. :)